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| Organization Name | Grant Name | Grant Amount | Grant Cycle | Region |
Green Community Connections | Land, Health, Community-Chicago | $25,000.00 | Fall 2021 | Chicago Area |
To evolve and strengthen their mission-based work to provide rich film programs that demonstrate how healthy, sustainable food systems can solve problems relating to human and environmental health. | ||||
Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund (IECEF) | Land, Health, Community | $25,000.00 | Fall 2021 | East Central Illinois |
To amplify the voices of IECEF partners in East Central Illinois and beyond to promote local ordinances which allow citizens greater autonomy in converting portions of their properties into natural landscapes and demonstrate th value of natural areas to act as a mitigation tool in the fight against the impacts of climate change. | ||||
Eastern Illinois University | Land, Health, Community | $30,000.00 | Fall 2021 | East Central Illinois |
For continued funding of the Squash Hunger through Partners in Produce project and additional community outreach and networking capabilities while providing more students with hands-on community public health nutrition experience. | ||||
The Land Connection | Land, Health, Community | $20,000.00 | Fall 2021 | East Central Illinois |
For general operating support for their project to increase farmer knowledge on building and growing sustainable farming businesses and increase public awareness of the importance of a strong, resilient, local food systems. | ||||
American Farmland Trust | Land, Health, Community | $29,991.00 | Fall 2021 | East Central Illinois |
To fund the efforts of American Farmland Trust to build interest in and capacity for farmland protection within county governments and Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) in targeted regions of Illinois. | ||||
Champaign County Environmental Stewards | Land, Health, Community | $35,000.00 | Fall 2021 | East Central Illinois |
To establish facilities and commercial relationships as part of the Commercial Food Scrap Compost Pilot Project to divert pre-consumer food scraps from landfills to a composting facility that will make salable screened garden compost. | ||||
Illinois Stewardship Alliance | Land, Health, Community | $35,000.00 | Fall 2021 | East Central Illinois |
Funding to support staff as they identify, recruit, and train farmers to engage in their work through the member-only caucuses, participate in coalitions, work closely with policymakers and their staff, communicate stories and produce reports on food system issues, and provide opportunities for personal engagement. | ||||
Prairie Rivers Network | Land, Health, Community | $33,000.00 | Fall 2021 | East Central Illinois |
To support the continued growth and development of the IDEA Farm Network (IFN), a farmer-led learning community that is rooted in East Central Illinois, plus two annual gatherings for the ReGenerate Illinois (RI) Network and food system related projects. | ||||
Sola Gratia Farm | Land, Health, Community | $30,000.00 | Fall 2021 | East Central Illinois |
For administrative staff and customer relationship management (CRM) software to improve efficiency and effective communication with partners, members, volunteers, and donors. The additional staff will allow the Director and support staff to focus on other areas of growth and development identified in their Strategic Plan. | ||||
Beyond Hunger | Austin Fresh and North Lawndale Fresh | $28,000.00 | 2021 | Chicago Area |
To train nutrition ambassadors who can provide cooking instruction and nutrition information focused on how to prepare healthy meals with the food available from emergency supply, in a partnership with New Moms. | ||||
